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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigations g P g L. Public Health and Safety • dust accumulated on non-washable items should be removed by vacuuming,not brushing or blowing. Adoption of other measures may feasibly achieve the same goal;if a different set of measures is proposed,it may be approved by the LEA to be implemented instead of the above measures. (g) Workers should not be allowed to eat near the active landfill. Food and beverages should only be consumed off-site,on-site,but away from active landfill areas,or inside an enclosure such as an office building or mobile trailer. Application of the above measures would reduce Impact L.1 to a less-than-significant level. Impact L.2. Hazardous waste found in the MSW may be brought to the landfill for disposal. (SIGNIFICANT) Disposal of hazardous waste would not be permitted at the landfill. Because a mixed MSW load containing hazardous waste may look just like a non-hazardous waste load of MSW,it would not be possible to identify all hazardous waste and to prevent its disposal at the landfill. Hazardous waste in a load would not only be a hazard to the environment,but could be an immediate and perhaps unexpected hazard to employees working with incoming loads. Furthermore,the improper disposal of hazardous wastes in a Class III landfill is illegal. Worker safety and the preservation of environmental quality present environmental concerns over and above the legal issue of disposing of hazardous waste in a Class III landfill. Hazardous waste in the landfill could threaten the integrity of the landfill liner,degrade the quality of the landfill leachate,and threaten groundwater. Hazardous materials spotted in a load would be returned to the generator,if known,for proper disposal. If the generator is not known,the hazardous materials would be taken to the proposed temporary hazardous materials storage facility,located at the eastern edge of the CYA parcel. This material would be kept in closed containers and removed within 90 days of receipt. The material would be disposed of at Forward, Inc.Landfill or taken to one of the household hazardous waste collection programs sponsored by San Joaquin County(Fukumoto, 1993). The 250-foot by 150-foot storage area would be secured at all times. No public impact is anticipated because no direct public exposure to hazardous materials/wastes above that occurring before development of the facility would be anticipated. Legally required III.L.16